Call For Papers for Special Issue Conference
Corporate
Governance: An International Review
Global Perspectives on Entrepreneurship:
Public and Corporate Governance
April 25-26, 2013, Schulich School of
Business, York University, Toronto, Canada
- Abstract Submission
Deadline: January 15, 2013
- Special Issue Submission Deadline: April 1,
2013
- Paper Development Workshop Dates: April 25-26, 2013
Keynote
Speakers:
- Craig Doidge, University of Toronto Rotman School of
Management
- Shaker Zahra, University of Minnesota Carlson School of
Management
Guest Editors:
- Rajesh Chakrabarti, Indian School of
Business, Hyderabad, India
- Douglas Cumming, York University, Toronto,
Canada
BACKGROUND AND SPECIAL ISSUE PURPOSE: Governments in both
developed and developing countries are in agreement that entrepreneurship and
innovation will facilitate economic growth and determine the competitive
advantage of nations in the 21st century. Massive amounts of resources are
expanded to foster both innovation and entrepreneurial activity in these
countries. It is therefore crucial that public policy matters are able to
distinguish between supporting entrepreneurial activity or merely supporting
small and medium sized enterprises. Entrepreneurial activity, or the generation
of value through the creation or expansion of economic activity in terms of new
products, processes or markets, is not restricted to smaller enterprises.
Innovation and entrepreneurial activity may also take place in larger, more
established enterprises.
THEMES: Some prior evidence is consistent with
the view that the real effects of entrepreneurial activity are best realized in
conjunction with effective governance. For instance, improved corporate
governance at the time of initial public offerings (IPOs) facilitates IPO
performance. Also, more effective venture capitalist oversight improves the
performance of venture capital backed firms. But there is clearly greater scope
for new work on topic. To this end, new research papers could be developed
around the following themes:
1. Public policy and entrepreneurial governance:
What public policies translate into better governance and thereby enable
high-growth entrepreneurial activities versus sustaining low performing
SMEs?
2. Investor abilities and entrepreneurial governance: Which investors
(such as banks, venture capitalists, angel investors, or others) are most
effective in improving governance and thereby enable high growth entrepreneurial
activities?
3. Financial contracting and entrepreneurial governance: What
contractual mechanisms are most effective in mitigating the scope for
entrepreneurial opportunistic behavior and facilitating entrepreneurial
growth?
4. Legal systems and entrepreneurial governance: Which legal
mechanisms across countries and over time facilitate entrepreneurial governance
and outcomes?
5. Institutions and entrepreneurial governance: Apart from
legal institutions, what other aspects of institutional settings or
infrastructure (such as high-tech parks, universities, virtual incubators, etc.)
enable entrepreneurial governance and promote agglomeration and entrepreneurial
activity?
Other themes on related topics are also welcome. Studies on
small firms and large firms are welcome as entrepreneurial activities can take
place in a variety of organizations. Cross-country or single-country studies
that bring new insights into entrepreneurial governance are welcome from around
the world. CGIR will publish a special issue of the best papers that advance the
journal's mission of developing a global theory of corporate governance.
SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS: The deadline for submission to the
conference is January 15, 2013. Notifications about acceptance into the
conference will be sent by February 15, 2013.
Submissions to the
conference should be sent to Douglas Cumming at:
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the subject line "CGIR Special Issue Conference". Authors may submit one-page
abstracts or completed papers if available. Please indicate whether or not you
intend to submit to the CGIR special issue in your conference submission.
Fully developed manuscripts should be submitted to the CGIR by April 1,
2013 for those that want to be considered for the special issue. All manuscripts
submitted to the CGIR special issue should be submitted through the CGIR
Manuscript Central website
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cgir A
conference to aid in the development of papers will be held on April 25-26, 2013
at the Schulich School of Business, York University, in Toronto, Canada. There
will not be a conference fee.
Final decisions on papers for the CGIR
Special Issue will be made later in the year. Please note that acceptance to the
conference does not necessarily guarantee acceptance to the CGIR special issue.
FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, please contact:
-
Rajesh Chakrabarti, Indian School of Business,
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Douglas Cumming, Schulich School of Business, York University,
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